Yet when asked to explain how 800,000 people could have been expected to vote at just 60 poll locations in the county, Purcell, a Republican, blamed “the voters for getting in line,” before backtracking.

“That was amazing,” Uygur said, before facepalming in disbelief. “When you’re in charge of voting, you should be excited that they got in line. That’s a great thing, not a bad thing. It’s not a positive thing that they had to wait five hours in line … Man, they will not accept responsibility under any circumstances.”

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